We continue wandering through Athens. I never lose interest here.
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| Uncontrolled late-20th century urban sprawl, northwest Athens. Mount Parnitha is in the distance. (Samsung phone digital frame) |
Parts of Athens are a congested concrete jungle. City fathers failed grossly to not impose green space requirements, build parks, or lay out arterial highways after World War II. In the scene above, the land in the foreground had disputed ownership for over five decades but will be preserved as park land.
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| Scooters on Asklipiou Street, near the Politeia bookstore (21mm ƒ/4.5 Zeiss ZM lens) |
The Politeia bookstore has a good selection of books in many languages. In the past, we shopped at the famous Eleftheroudakis bookstore, but it closed in 2016 after 120 years of business.
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| Phones, Asklipiou Street |
I am not a fan of graffiti, but it adds some color to the rather severe limestone walls. It does not do much for the phone booths.
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| Mrs. Poppy's store in the Plaka (35mm ƒ/2.8 Pentax-A lens) |
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| Monasteraki Square (35mm ƒ/2.8 Pentax-A lens) |
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| Deep thinking, Athenas Street |
Most of these frames are from Kodak Portra 160 film. If you are interested in earlier visits, including the 1950s, please type "Athens" in the search box.
1 comment:
More fine views of the life of the city. That shot of NW Athens is amazing; it must be one of highest density population spots on the planet.
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